Translation as Argument The Nontranslation of "Loob" in Ileto's "Pasyon and Revolution"

This article discusses Ileto's nontranslation of the Tagalog concept of loob as integral to the argument and rhetorical persuasiveness of his seminal work, Pasyon and Revolution (1979). The meaning of loob that readers gather is a deeply religious and mystical one. However, the idiom of loob ha...

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Published in:Philippine studies, historical & ethnographic viewpoints historical & ethnographic viewpoints, 2014-03, Vol.62 (1), p.3-28
Main Author: GUILLERMO, RAMON
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1863-1897
Amulets
Bayans
Bonifacio, Andres
Corpora (Linguistics)
Idioms
Internet
Language translation
Nationalism
Political revolutions
Revolutions
Social media
Southeast Asian literature
Tagalog language
Words
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Summary:This article discusses Ileto's nontranslation of the Tagalog concept of loob as integral to the argument and rhetorical persuasiveness of his seminal work, Pasyon and Revolution (1979). The meaning of loob that readers gather is a deeply religious and mystical one. However, the idiom of loob has multifarious and varied usages, and in the vast majority of cases loob is a prosaic term. Using some methods in the field of corpus linguistics, this article demonstrates that reambiguating Ileto's translations could lead to different interpretations.
ISSN:2244-1093
2244-1638
2244-1638
DOI:10.13185/2244-1638.4022